Gabrielle Giffords and Caroline Kennedy, American Idol’s Angie Miller, plus Romeo and Juliet of the Public Garden appear in photographs from around Boston by Bill Brett, Globe photographers, and more.

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  Photograph by Dina Rudick/Globe Staff

  ONWARD: Former Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords receives a Profile in Courage Award from Caroline Kennedy, president of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation at the JFK Library in Dorchester on May 5.
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  Photograph by David L. Ryan/Globe Staff

  WATCH YOUR STEP: Workers adding lightning protection to the State House’s golden dome move carefully on May 6
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  photograph by Essdras M Suarez/Globe Staff

  ANGIE FANS: Supporters of “American Idol” contestant Angie Miller came out in force for a parade in Beverly, her hometown, on May 4.
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  Photograph by pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff

  HUNGER WALK: Alondra Custodio and sisters Tarah and Olivia Doh, all of Somerville, participate in Project Bread’s Walk for Hunger through Greater Boston on May 5.
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  photograph by Bill Brett

  CROSSROADS MEET: Therese Hudson of Charlestown and Scott Longo of Bridgewater at a Crossroads for Kids fund-raiser at the Boston Harbor Hotel on May 1
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  photograph by Laurie Swope

  LIP SERVICE: Leia and Toni Acevedo of Haverhill at “Cinco de Mustache,” a benefit for the MSPCA, at the Rosebud Bar and Grill in Somerville on May 4
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  photograph by Bill Brett

  ALL DERBYED UP: Rowena Palmer and her daughter Linda Griffin, both of Waltham, at the Kentucky Derby party at Suffolk Downs in East Boston on May 4
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  photograph by David L. Ryan/Globe Staff

  PADDLE PAIR: A crowd gathers to welcome swans Romeo and Juliet to the Public Garden in Boston on May 7 . . . . SEE YOURSELF ON THIS PAGE. E-mail party and event photos to outandabout@globe.com.